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help from all over the world is pouring into japan this weekend. the u.s. military and the agency for international development have sent a variety of supplies and expert workers. two teams, one from los angeles and one from fairfax county, virginia. each has 75 members and six dogs trained to detect survivors . several other countries, including britain and jeremy have sent teams with rescue dogs. it's too soon to know what the best way to help victims of the earthquake and tsunami is. people in the bay area with ties to japan are not waiting to find out. >> as international aid goes, it may only be a drop in the bucket, but the owner of -- restaurants here in san francisco says he'll give proceeds of every lunch and dinner to help japan. >> they need all help they can get. his mother and his sister live near the nuclear power plant in fukushima. >> it's scary, the nuclear -- i don't know what's happened. maybe people are injured. >> and you're hoping your family is okay? >> yeah, i hope. >> at the buddhist temple, they're -- in talking with our temple mem
help from all over the world is pouring into japan this weekend. the u.s. military and the agency for international development have sent a variety of supplies and expert workers. two teams, one from los angeles and one from fairfax county, virginia. each has 75 members and six dogs trained to detect survivors . several other countries, including britain and jeremy have sent teams with rescue dogs. it's too soon to know what the best way to help victims of the earthquake and tsunami is. people...
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linda yee, cbs5. >>> now the latest from japan. incredible new images of the tsunami that devastated the island nation. water pushing into a narrow bay lifting boats and pushing everything over a sea wall. moving everything in its path from cars to houses. water eventually rushes through the neighborhood turning streets into raging rivers. boats were crushed when being forced under an overpass. ben tracy reports from tokyo. >> reporter: the port town on japan's north eastern coast is nearly wiped out. and in the area near there authorities now fear 10,000 people may be dead. when the ominous black sea attacked this island nation friday it left behind a massive trail of destruction that is getting worse by the hour. an oil refinery burning down. nobody to fight the fire. entire towns flattened. others still smoldering. most roads in coastal areas now useless. nothing. not cars. not boats. is where it should be. this woman at one of dozens of makeshift shelters said "my home is gone completely and it is dangerous to go back there." p
linda yee, cbs5. >>> now the latest from japan. incredible new images of the tsunami that devastated the island nation. water pushing into a narrow bay lifting boats and pushing everything over a sea wall. moving everything in its path from cars to houses. water eventually rushes through the neighborhood turning streets into raging rivers. boats were crushed when being forced under an overpass. ben tracy reports from tokyo. >> reporter: the port town on japan's north eastern...
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the shear magnitude of the catastrophe in japan is staggering. and the numbers are barely beginning to tell the story. the official death toll now stands at about 2800 from friday's earthquake and tsunami. 2,000 bodies washed up on shore today alone but one police chief estimates more than 10,000 have died in his province alone. meanwhile, there is more bad news from one of japan's damaged nuclear power plant, and randall pinkston reports, a third cooling system at the fukushima plant has failed. >> reporter: a second explosion at the crippled nuclear power plant in japan sent a huge column of smoke in the sky and all three reactors are in jeopardy of total meltdown. more than 120,000 people have been evacuated from a 12-mile area and many outside that zone are also leaving. >> we would like to be further away from the plant. >> reporter: in the hard-hit city here, government troops are picking through mountains of rubble searching for survivors. thousands are missing and feared dead. across the shattered northeast coast, millions are struggling
the shear magnitude of the catastrophe in japan is staggering. and the numbers are barely beginning to tell the story. the official death toll now stands at about 2800 from friday's earthquake and tsunami. 2,000 bodies washed up on shore today alone but one police chief estimates more than 10,000 have died in his province alone. meanwhile, there is more bad news from one of japan's damaged nuclear power plant, and randall pinkston reports, a third cooling system at the fukushima plant has...
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the very latest on the disaster in japan. ann curry reports live from the hard hit region of sendai, the area devastated by friday's deadly tsunami. and nate berkus and petra kvitova talk about how they escaped a deadly tsunami in 2004. >>> now keep it on this channel for continuing local news, weather, sports and more. i'm veronica de la cruz. thanks for watching "early today," just your first stop of the day today on your nbc station. have a terrific monday.
the very latest on the disaster in japan. ann curry reports live from the hard hit region of sendai, the area devastated by friday's deadly tsunami. and nate berkus and petra kvitova talk about how they escaped a deadly tsunami in 2004. >>> now keep it on this channel for continuing local news, weather, sports and more. i'm veronica de la cruz. thanks for watching "early today," just your first stop of the day today on your nbc station. have a terrific monday.
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the latest from japan. this morning 2800 people are confirmed dead but that number is expected to reach more than 10,000 after friday's devastating earthquake and tsunami. several crews, some being sent from california, continue to look for survivors. millions have spent three days without food, water and heat in near freezing temperatures. overnight there was a new blast at the nuclear power plant. 11 workers were injured. damaged reactor fuel rods had been fully exposed raising the risks of overheating and melting down. uss ronald reagan has been exposed to the radiation but from no damaged reactors. we get the latest from japan. >> an explosion ripped through another reactor at the plant, something officials warned could happen following the first explosion on saturday. the reactor's had little damage but there's reason for concern. >> we are at a reactor tipping point. either the next 24 to 48 hours they're going to get control of these reactors or you'll get meltdown at one or more reactors, a complete
the latest from japan. this morning 2800 people are confirmed dead but that number is expected to reach more than 10,000 after friday's devastating earthquake and tsunami. several crews, some being sent from california, continue to look for survivors. millions have spent three days without food, water and heat in near freezing temperatures. overnight there was a new blast at the nuclear power plant. 11 workers were injured. damaged reactor fuel rods had been fully exposed raising the risks of...
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it is now monday evening in japan. and more than 10,000 people are feared dead from the earthquake and tsunami in japan. more than 1800 are confirmed dead so far. more than 1400 more are missing. search-and-rescue crews cannot reach large areas of the countryside that are still surrounded by water. more than 200,000 people have been evacuated from the area around a damaged nuclear power plant. an explosion at the plant injured 11 people. also today, another reactor at the plant lost its cooling capacity raising the risk of another blast. the nuclear regulatory commission does not think the contamination will reach our shores. >> even if there were a significant release, it would be dispersed probably before it came to the united states. but at the present time it seems unlikely that there will be major radioactive relief. >> the u.s. military has moved ships and aircraft away from the plant after low level radioactive contamination was detected. >>> 4374 your time. >>> some dramatic new images this morning of the tsuna
it is now monday evening in japan. and more than 10,000 people are feared dead from the earthquake and tsunami in japan. more than 1800 are confirmed dead so far. more than 1400 more are missing. search-and-rescue crews cannot reach large areas of the countryside that are still surrounded by water. more than 200,000 people have been evacuated from the area around a damaged nuclear power plant. an explosion at the plant injured 11 people. also today, another reactor at the plant lost its cooling...
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we are hearing about rolling blackouts all over japan. we are also hearing about large numbers of bodies washing ashore. what can you tell us about those two things? >> reporter: let me start with your second question. right now it's about 10:00 at night. and i have been kind of monitoring they have been having the live news conferences on the japanese television. i can understand a little japanese so i've been trying to get information. the last thing that i heard was that there could be as many as 2,000 bodies that washed ashore. obviously it's very difficult for a lot of these rescue crews to produce some of the information because there needs to be a lot of confirmation that is going on. so that point is difficult. it could be in the 2000. i think everybody is saying right now it's difficult to get estimates of the death toll because the search and rescue missions are still very active. so i just spoke a top official who says a few days ago there were 150 u.s. rescue workers who went up there with 12 dogs. those are really critical to
we are hearing about rolling blackouts all over japan. we are also hearing about large numbers of bodies washing ashore. what can you tell us about those two things? >> reporter: let me start with your second question. right now it's about 10:00 at night. and i have been kind of monitoring they have been having the live news conferences on the japanese television. i can understand a little japanese so i've been trying to get information. the last thing that i heard was that there could be...
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japan was prepared. you have to hope that they're going to do the right thing and the right circumstance. and she did. good. >> congratulations. we're here with canon purdy's family. we'll be talking to them throughout the morning. back to you. >> so nice of them to share that story with us. >>> the shaking is not over in japan. there have been some 300 aftershocks. george kir iyama is on special assignment. >> reporter: we've been feeling aftershock after aftershock. we're told it felt like a 6.2. the place is rattling. at one point i felt like i had to go under the desk just to make sure nothing fell on top of me. that got our attention here at the hotel. i was on the third floor when it happened. my other colleagues were on the ninth floor. they said it was shaking pretty good up there on that top floor. there have been lines of people stocking up on food and water in the supermarkets in tokyo. trying to stock up on food and water as well as gasoline. we've been hearing long lines at gasoline stations
japan was prepared. you have to hope that they're going to do the right thing and the right circumstance. and she did. good. >> congratulations. we're here with canon purdy's family. we'll be talking to them throughout the morning. back to you. >> so nice of them to share that story with us. >>> the shaking is not over in japan. there have been some 300 aftershocks. george kir iyama is on special assignment. >> reporter: we've been feeling aftershock after aftershock....
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back to the continuing coverage of the disaster in japan. you have to see new video of the moment the quake hit. the road cracked from the intense shaking. witnesses say the town became submerged by water 30 minutes after that earthquake. and scientists say the quake in japan was so strong it shifted the access of the earth about four inches. and a seismologist says in some places the land actually dropped in elevation. because of all this when the tsunami came in it stayed. that's why so many areas are still under water. >>> time now is 5:52. we are getting word of major problems on bart. sal is watching that. it doesn't look like it's related to that derailment. >> it doesn't look like it. there is equipment problems underneath the ground in san francisco on the traffic. trains are being single tracked. as you might imagine that is causing major delays in bart. bart won't tell us how long the delays are. let's go out and take a look at a problem we have in the santa cruz mountains. northbound 17 at the redwood estates there is a corn-- the
back to the continuing coverage of the disaster in japan. you have to see new video of the moment the quake hit. the road cracked from the intense shaking. witnesses say the town became submerged by water 30 minutes after that earthquake. and scientists say the quake in japan was so strong it shifted the access of the earth about four inches. and a seismologist says in some places the land actually dropped in elevation. because of all this when the tsunami came in it stayed. that's why so many...
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japan is also the third largest importer of oil in the world. so that again is affecting oil prices since demand in japan will be down because of this destruction. oil down about a dollar right now at $100 a barrel. that despite continued fighting in libya and other worries across the middle east. the stock market, the new york stock exchange is pulling back a little bit this morning. we had a surprise increase on friday that mainly came from rebuilding opportunities being looked at in japan for a number of large industrial companies. but this morning, falling back a little bit along with global markets. dow down 55, nasdaq down 7. s&p lower by 7. >>> do have one good story to pass your way this morning. the ipad 2 was just a huge seller. should be no surprise really on friday when it came out. piper jaffrey says it looks like apple sold between 400 and 500,000 ipad 2s during its launch. that compares with 300,000 ipads when they made their debut launch last year. so the ipad 2 is just another huge success for apple, frank and sydnie. >> i saw t
japan is also the third largest importer of oil in the world. so that again is affecting oil prices since demand in japan will be down because of this destruction. oil down about a dollar right now at $100 a barrel. that despite continued fighting in libya and other worries across the middle east. the stock market, the new york stock exchange is pulling back a little bit this morning. we had a surprise increase on friday that mainly came from rebuilding opportunities being looked at in japan...
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moment the earthquake struck in japan. here's a look here. the 8.9 magnitude tremor split the road. you can see it right here. just in two. you can see the cracks move as the quake just continues to devastate that area. the dell toll continues to climb. 2800 confirmed dead and another 1,000 bodies washed ashore. >>> newly released satellite images reveal the scope of the damage, the disaster in japan. one of the images of the fukushima nuclear plant, a second hydrogen explosion there in three days. 11 workers were injured in today's blast. >>> another hacker group is making a wikileaks style revelation today. the group called anonymous released what it says are e- mails from bank of america. it says it exposes corruption and fraud from b. of a. and improper home foreclosures. a bank spokesman says the documents were stolen by the former employee of an insurance division that the bank is selling. >>> this morning, apple has yet to comment on the latest iphone glitch. >> some phones jumped an hour back instead of forward on
moment the earthquake struck in japan. here's a look here. the 8.9 magnitude tremor split the road. you can see it right here. just in two. you can see the cracks move as the quake just continues to devastate that area. the dell toll continues to climb. 2800 confirmed dead and another 1,000 bodies washed ashore. >>> newly released satellite images reveal the scope of the damage, the disaster in japan. one of the images of the fukushima nuclear plant, a second hydrogen explosion there...
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disaster in japan. another explosion overnight rocks a crippled nuclear power plant as concerns grow over a possible meltdown. along the shattered coastline a thousand bodies are found as the death toll soars. japan's prime minister calling this their worst crisis since world war ii. millions face the day with no power, no water, no food. we have more on the survivors and the humanitarian effort "early" this monday morning, march 14, 2011. thanks for joining us on this monday morning. you can see, these are some of the images which have been coming in and frankly they speak for themselves. unimaginable. >> the devastation we saw friday morning and now in the days after this disaster in japan we continue to get more images, more video of exactly the impact that this is having on this nation and the people. damage estimates in the tens of billions of dollars, but you can't put a dollar figure on the loss of life and death toll estimates continue to increase hour by hour. >> they do. you know how well prep
disaster in japan. another explosion overnight rocks a crippled nuclear power plant as concerns grow over a possible meltdown. along the shattered coastline a thousand bodies are found as the death toll soars. japan's prime minister calling this their worst crisis since world war ii. millions face the day with no power, no water, no food. we have more on the survivors and the humanitarian effort "early" this monday morning, march 14, 2011. thanks for joining us on this monday morning....
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, people we know back in japan. i am honored i am able to help out. >> it is based in japan south of tokyo. they were in singapore when the quake hit. when they got word they immediately loaded up on supplies and prepared no go back. >>> happening right now community leaders are getting ready to meet this morning to start coordinating fund raising efforts for earthquake victims in japan. the group has already started to accept donations. people in the bay area wait for word on their loved ones in the quake zone. >> my brother, we are waiting. god is very upset, that is what i feel. >> the japanese cultural community center also tells us the local japanese con sew lat wanting information. we'll go live for more on the fund raising meeting taking place this morning. >>> a hardware store is also doing their part to help the victims of the earthquake and tsunami. south hampton road set a $25,000 goal and the store will match any donation for a total of $50,000. the owner says customers gave more than one thousand dollar
, people we know back in japan. i am honored i am able to help out. >> it is based in japan south of tokyo. they were in singapore when the quake hit. when they got word they immediately loaded up on supplies and prepared no go back. >>> happening right now community leaders are getting ready to meet this morning to start coordinating fund raising efforts for earthquake victims in japan. the group has already started to accept donations. people in the bay area wait for word on...